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Alyona Karpenko has extensive experience in the legal field, primarily in commercial law and telecommunications. Alyona has held various roles throughout their career, starting as a Junior Legal Advisor at RSM International from June 2012 to September 2013. Alyona then worked as a Junior Legal Advisor at Vodnaya Tekhnika from March 2014 to September 2014. From October 2014 to February 2017, Alyona served as a Leading Legal Advisor at Fokstrot, where they provided legal support for marketing, advertising, and intellectual property matters. Since February 2017, they have been with lifecell Ukraine, initially serving as a Leading Legal Advisor and later as the Head of Commercial Legal Support Unit. Currently, Alyona holds the position of Head of Legal Department at lifecell Ukraine. Their responsibilities at the company include consulting on commercial issues, unfair competition matters, IP, e-commerce, advertising, and contractual law.

Alyona Karpenko's education history is as follows:

- In 2018, they attended George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School and studied Intellectual Property.

- From 2008 to 2013, they studied at Kiev National Economic University named after Vadim Getman and obtained a Masters in Law, specializing in the Legal Regulation of Economics.

- From 2011 to 2015, they attended the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University and obtained a Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature/Letters.

In addition to their educational degrees, Alyona Karpenko has obtained several certifications:

- In November 2022, they completed the "Corporate Finance Fundamentals" course at Berkeley Law Executive Education.

- In April 2021, they completed the "Public Speaking Foundations" course from LinkedIn.

- In June 2017, they acquired the certification "Distinctive features of royalty payments between different subjects of management: tax and legal aspects" from LLC "LEGA:ZAKON".

- In April 2017, they obtained the certification "Intellectual property: effective acquisition, use, and protection of rights" from LLC "LEGA:ZAKON".

- In February 2017, they completed the "General Course on Intellectual Property" offered by the World Intellectual Property Organization.